Employee Wellness

This is a reality for many businesses today, as an estimated 65% of Americans are overweight, including many with other health issues related to obesity, such as high blood pressure, heart disease, and Type 2 Diabetes. As a result, healthcare costs for most companies, which are already on the rise, are being further impacted by additional cost increases due to poor employee health. However, these health issues are mostly preventable through proper diet and a good “realistic” plan for optimizing nutritional health, having a direct effect on the bottom line.

The Bottom Line Numbers

What Employers are Spending

Much of your healthcare dollars are spent on health issues that can be improved or eliminated with small lifestyle changes. Here are some figures:

• According to Dr. Steve Aldana, nationally recognized expert, the combination of physical inactivity, diet, and obesity could cost an employer as much as 35-40% of their total healthcare costs.
• In 1997, Medical Expenditures for diabetic employees were over $10,000 per person compared to $2,600 per person for non-diabetics.
• According to a RAND Corporation study, a sedentary lifestyle costs an employer about $1,900.

Cost Savings with Implementing Wellness Programs

• A study by the American Dietetic Association indicates “a modest-cost lifestyle intervention” led by a registered dietitian can decrease health-related lost productivity by 64.3 percent and disability days by 87.2 percent compared to usual medical care, “providing further support for lifestyle intervention programs for people with diabetes and obesity,” according to the researchers.
• For every dollar spent on health promotion the return on investment is between $2 to $8 in both direct costs and indirect savings.
  – United States Department of Health and Human Services
• Getting an employee to exercise for 20 minutes two or more days per week can lower healthcare costs by $500 per employee per year.
  – University of Michigan Health Management Research Center
• Each $1 spent for diabetes education saves $2-$3 in hospitalization costs.
  – National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion
• A review of 14 studies showed that health promotion programs were associated with reduced absenteeism in all of them.

How Can We Help?

Real Living Nutrition Services provides innovative online nutrition coaching programs where your employees can get professional advice, support, and regular e-coaching with a Registered Dietitian to help improve their health.

The major health issues affecting healthcare costs today all have a few things in common: Lifestyle Choices, Diet, and Exercise.

These issues include:

• Obesity
• High Blood Pressure
• Type 2 Diabetes
• Cardiovascular disease
• Metabolic Syndrome

These issues can be improved, prevented, or resolved with nutrition and lifestyle coaching. Studies show that weight management interventions in obese adults that result in just 5%-10% decrease in body weight are associated with significant improvements in blood pressure, cholesterol levels, glucose tolerance, and overall reduction in prevalence of Diabetes, and Hypertension.

We are committed to helping people create lasting lifestyle changes to improve their health.

Benefits of our Programs

Professional Nutrition Interaction

All nutrition interactions are done with Registered Dietitians to assure your employees are getting sound advice. Counting calories or using pre-made meal plans aren’t always effective when someone has multiple health issues like Type 2 Diabetes and/or High Blood Pressure. Often times it may even worsen the problem by providing the wrong balance of nutrients. Our Registered Dietitians can help your employees find the right path for their unique nutrition needs. According to TransAmerica Center for Health Studies, educational programs for employees are most effective when dietitians provide tailored nutrition education to participants.

Privacy

When people have health issues they don’t always want their co-workers to know. They may be embarrassed to join an on-site class or group. Our programs remove any privacy concerns they have for their healthcare issues. Our programs provide complete privacy for your employees and our clients report privacy is one of the most appealing parts of our programs.

Coaching Model vs. Information Portal

We are in the information age with internet access at our fingertips. The problem with weight and other nutritional related health issues isn’t necessarily lack of information, but instead it is a lack of personalization and how to break that information down in a meaningful way. One on one guidance helps your employees get the right information for their situation, develop strategies, offers accountability, and helps them to work through challenges and obstacles that come up. Getting personalized attention can make the difference of someone just learning about things and taking actionable steps to get results.

We Can Service All of Your Locations

Does your company have offices in different cities and states? This can often be a challenge to provide the same wellness program benefits to each location. Our programs are all online, so your employees can meet with their dietitian from anywhere without having to schedule an appointment.

Outcomes

We have each employee fill out an anonymous survey at the end of each program so we can gather information regarding any results they received in their weight, labs, and any new healthy habits that have formed. We will provide your company regular reports so you can see measurable outcomes.

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Real Living Nutrition was offered as part of the CAM (complimentary alternative medicine) program by my company so I signed up. Working online with my dietitian taught me how to eat, what to eat and so much more that I had no idea about such as resistant starches, etc. This was not a diet but a change in lifestyle. This program provided me with facts and information along with personal feedback and support that guided me to making the right choices that I can live with for the rest of my life. To date, I’ve lost 105 pounds.

– Janet Crouse 

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Programs Choices

We have many options for small, medium, and large businesses. We will work with you to customize the perfect fit. Companies can choose to purchase programs for all employees or for high-risk employees. We work with each company to find a fit for their budget and needs.

Discounts

Cost-free to employer
Includes:

• Employee discounts on any of our programs
• Weekly subscription to receive recipes, nutrition news, cooking tips and more!

Fresh-Start Diet Makeover

Includes:

• Diet and Lifestyle Assessment with a Registered Dietitian
• Diet makeover
• Health action plan
• Fresh Start Cookbook and Pantry Guide
• Employee Discounts on Balance Program and E-Coaching if they decide to continue the process on their own.
• Weekly email subscription to receive recipes, nutrition news, cooking tips and more!

8-Step Balance Program

Includes:

• Diet and Lifestyle Assessment with a Registered Dietitian
• Diet makeover
• Health action plan
• Online Workbook (8 chapters)
• 8 e-coaching sessions with a Registered Dietitian
• 1 bonus e-coaching session
• Unlimited use of the free tools (includes exercise demos, meal planning guides, Pilates video, cooking demos, and more!)
• Discounts on E-Coaching if they decide to continue to work with their dietitian on their own
• Weekly email subscription to receive recipes, nutrition news, cooking tips and more

Customization

Each company gets their own customized registration page with any package.

Pricing

Our pricing varies depending on the program, volume, and any customization. Many of our corporate wellness clients receive discounts and special pricing rate from our regular pricing. Please give us a call so we can discuss your needs and provide the best fit for your budget.

We’d love to meet you to learn more about your employee wellness initiatives and give you a tour of our programs to see if it’s a good fit. Contact us at: 919-744-9595 or email at info@reallivingnutrition.com